The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-01-15

Parsons, at Sparks's Station, in September last.
| Mr.. Parsons was an aged and infrm gentleman
and was struck by the engine of an express train
while attempting to cross the tracks at Sparks's,
| and instantly killed.
| Mr.. Julius j. Waddel, who was O clerk for
Messrs. Condor Co., contractors on the Gun
powder water works, and who was the first Demo-
crat appointed from West Virginia in the railway
mail service under the present administration,
has lately been promoted from third to a second
class clerkship, with an increase Of pay. Mr..
Wadde has many friends here who will be pleased
to learn of his good fortune.
1.-THE Mccormick Carriage Manufacturing
| Company" has been incorporated in Baltimore.
Among the incorporators are Messrs. M. j. and
| M. L. Mccormick, well-known carriage builders
| of Calverton, and Messrs j. Smith Ditch and S.
| B. Ditch, prominent business men of the Belt.
The factory will be on the premises of the Messrs.
Ditch, and it is proposed to turn out vehicles of
every description and of the finest character to
| style and workmanship.
-Messrs. William M. and Joseph P. Bayne,
sons of Mr.. John Bayne, near Towsontown, who
came on from Cleveland, Ohio, to spend the holi-
days at their old home, started for the West on
Monday of last week. Afterwards the news of the
terrible accident on the B. & 0. road near Repub-
lie, caused their family and friends much uneasi-
ness, knowing that they had left by that road on
Monday. Mr.. Bayne came to Towsontown and
telegraphed to Cleveland, when an answer was re-
turned that his sons had arrived there safely.
Fortunately they had not gone by the Inflated
| train.
| Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Marcie Anderson, oldest daughter of Mr.. James
M. Anderson, manager of the Hampton estate,
near Towsontown, to Mr.. William E.. McComas.
The ceremony will be performed at the residence
| of the brides parents, Wednesday morning, jan
uary Goth, at o'clock, and after wedding break
fast the young couple will leave for wedding
tour. The prospective groom is very popular
| young man and is engaged in merchandising at
| White Hall, Northern Central Railroad He is q
| grandson of Capt. J. March McComas, one of
the oldest and best known citizens of the 10th
district. -
Among the we'll known Baltimore county
people who attended the grand ball given by Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Garrett at their splendid resi-
dence on Mount Vernon Place, Tuesday night, |
were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred. Won Kapf, of Stone
leigh Mr.. and Mrs. R. II. Peasants, DR.. and
Mrs. G. G. W. Macgil, of Catonsville; Hon. J.
Morrison Harris, Mr.. W. Hall Harris, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Gilmor, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Ridgely
Goodwin, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hillen, Hon.
John S. Cuttings, Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley S. john
son, Mr.. and Mrs. John Ridgely, of Hampton ;
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Miss Brogden, of
Long Green Valley; Mr.. W. S. G.. Williams and |
the Misses Williams, Mr. Jesse Tyson, Mr.. and |
Mrs. Chas. D. Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Randolph |
Mordecai, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Glenn Perine, Mr.
Frank M. Lee and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Ridgey. |
sary evil in every printing office, but like every
thing else, there are devils and devils. The
UNION Office has In which it exhibits par
donabe pride, because he is not only bright, in
telligent and attentive to his duties, but he is
also something of "sport," yet bears his exalted
station with becoming humility. Our devil is a
son CT Mr.. S. Cover Wilson, the we'll known auc-
tioneer, and what we particularly desire to men
tion about him is that he has not been cleft" on
all this fine sleighing. He can turn out as snug |
q rig as any man in the town, and as he sits in
his 'close- fitting" cutter, behind young mare
that can keep company with some OF the best OF
them, it may well be imagined that he cuts some
thing of swell when he appears on the road with
his team. If there is another newspaper Office in
Maryland that has such desirable and we'll
equipped devil, should like to hear from it.
Answer to Mr.. Todd's Protest Against
superintendent Reed.-At the meeting of
the County Commissioners Tuesday, Messrs |
John e. Crout and James Rittenhouse presented |
the following answer to the protest filed by Mr.. |
Thomas Todd last week against the reappoint-
ment of VIM. H. H. Reed as superintendent Of
the almshouse:
WHEREAS, Mr.. Thos. Todd, member of this
Board, has, at the meeting held on Tuesday, 4th |
inst, filed protest against the reappointment of
Mr.. W. H. H. Reed, as keeper of the Baltimore |
county almshouse, and also published it in the |
daily papers of Baltimore city, all of which is not
only calculated to injure Mr.. Reed, but alsoto re-
fleet upon the other members of the Board,
Therefore, We feel compelled, in justice to both |
him and ourselves to give our reasons for contin-
uing him in Office, and ordering the same to be |
filed among the records of this office.
In the first place, Mr.. Reed is the only SUPER
intendent since 1873 who has been able to run the
institution within the sum yearly appropriated
for it : From 1878 to 1881 Mr.. Jacob Zouck the
incumbent at that time, had SAL, 900 appropriated
and spent Sal, 720. Mr.. Chas. Kemp, the keeper,
during 1882 and 1883, had $4,000 appropriated
and spent S25,576.36. Mr.. Reed, now in charge,
who has made his report for 1854 and 1885, had
an appropriation of S24,0 900 and spent only $685.
O66.45. This clearly shows that Mr.. Reed has
effected saving to the county of S2,366.45, as
compared with his predecessor of 1882 and 1888,
Notwithstanding the fact that there has been
very considerable yearly average increase of in
mates:
1t will be better understood why the returns of
this almshouse farm of 100 acres will not compare
favorably with those of other farms of like size
and value, when we consider that all its products,
with the exception of the wheat and some hay,
are fed on the farm and to its inmates, whose
number has been and is daily increasing. But
even in comparison of Mr.. Reeds returns with
those of the previous two years, the following ia
vorable result will be shown: For 1882 and 1888,
$33S.20 were returned by the former keeper, and |
for 1884 and 1885, $4SS.95 were returned by Mr.. |
Reed, an increase of S15075, with larger num-
We also desire to state that the report of DR.. |
Chancellor and other health officers will be an ev-
idence that the institution to its sanitary
dition and management, will more than compare
with any public institution of its kind in the State
of Maryland.
We also claim in reappointing Mr.. Reed that
we will have good, honest, pushing and ener-
getic farmer, and we believe that under Demo- |
cratic administration there can be no cry of "pol
itics" justly made in the appointment of con- |
sistent Democrat, especially one in every way |
qualified to fill the position.
We therefore, after considering the above facts
and figures, feel that in vindication of Mr. Reed
and in justice to ourselves and the county we
represent, we can do no less than reappoint an
officer whose administration has been 80 clearly
successful and economical.
Waverly Items.-Waverly Lodge No. AZ,
I. o. M, met on Thursday night, 9th inst, for
the installation of officers. The lodge assembled
at o'clock, their being large representation of
| officers and members present. During the regu-
lar routine of business six young gentlemen of
this place were proposed by the Worthy Master,
Charles Hamilton. District Deputy Grand Ar
chitect, Joseph J.. Willis, of6ciated as instaIla-
ton officer. The following were installed officers
| for the ensuing six months:
| Worthy Senior Master-Jos. B, BurIeiob Jr